Chapter 46: An Unimaginable Speed of Advancement!

Although the BOSS was powerful, Jiang Chen remained unafraid.

As long as the opponent couldn’t go invisible to launch a sneak attack, Jiang Chen would never fall victim to its “Backstab” skill.

-1349!

-3070!

-2894!

Jiang Chen immediately raised his longbow and started the battle. Fortunately, out of the three arrows, two triggered critical hits—explosive damage.

The Abyssal Shadow Hunter’s defense was average. When arrows hit its body, the output damage was extremely high. Jiang Chen kept his distance while shooting—entering his signature kiting mode.

Arrows flew like a storm, ice crystal arrows burst forth.

-1349!

-1445!

-1413!

-2886!

-1341!

…

In a short span, the BOSS’s health plummeted by twenty thousand points.

The Abyssal Shadow Hunter flew into a rage, glaring viciously at Jiang Chen. “Feel the fear… that surpasses death!”

A thick mist surged forth, instantly enveloping the BOSS’s body. The next second, it vanished from Jiang Chen’s line of sight.

“Stealth?”

The corner of Jiang Chen’s lips curled slightly. The [Insight Perception] skill was tailor-made to counter assassins’ invisibility—he could see the opponent’s movements with crystal clarity.

“Swish, swish, swish…”

One after another, ice crystal arrows zipped through the air, pinning the BOSS’s head with precision. Massive damage numbers erupted above its skull.

Cloth armor classes always had one fatal flaw: low resistance. Even BOSSes weren’t exempt.

At this point, Jiang Chen’s attack stat had soared to a staggering 1074 points. Adding on 20% extra attack damage, Elemental Arrow +30 attack, Rapid Fire Arrows +20%, the final damage climbed to 1500 points per hit. Every shot dealt around 1300 damage.

When a critical hit was triggered, the damage neared 3000.

In an instant—just within 3 seconds—Jiang Chen dealt a mountain-load of damage.

15,000 damage in 3 seconds. Absolutely insane!

That’s the beauty of high Agility. Jiang Chen’s current attack speed allowed him to fire 3 arrows per second without breaking a sweat. More importantly, not only was he fast—his damage was also terrifyingly high.

This is what makes a divine archer powerful—he can dominate the battlefield through sheer output.

At this moment, the Abyssal Shadow Hunter was completely bewildered…

It had clearly gone invisible—so how was this weak little adventurer able to track its position so precisely?

“Filthy human! I’ll kill you!”

The Abyssal Shadow Hunter roared and charged forward.

“Xiao Rongyan, tie it down!”

Jiang Chen quickly pulled away to create distance, using his pet—the Lava King—as a moving obstacle to block the BOSS.

To get close to Jiang Chen, the BOSS had no choice but to clear out the Lava King. With this interference, it simply couldn’t reach such a fast-moving target.

But clearing obstacles was no easy feat. Its attacks barely broke through the Lava King’s defenses—dealing only around 200 damage per hit. Killing the Lava King would take quite a while.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen’s arrows had never once ceased.

-1471!

-1413!

-2986!

-1441!

Before long, the Abyssal Shadow Hunter’s health bottomed out. It collapsed to the ground, full of unwillingness, eyes still wide open in death.

…

At this moment, in the plaza of Yunhuang City—

All the players were cheering. Before their eyes, the holographic interface displayed Jiang Chen’s team’s dungeon progress.

Team: [Lone Ranger’s Squad]

Dungeon Progress: 90%

Clear Time: 19 minutes 53 seconds

Although they still harbored doubts about the authenticity of this clear record, they couldn’t suppress the excitement in their hearts.

Not only the players in Yunhuang City—players in other regions were also thrilled. Over the past few hours, South Korean players had been constantly throwing shade at China, never stopping. Now, the original thread had over a hundred million comments, all traces of an intense flame war.

Meanwhile, on the South Korea server forum, a real-time post tracking Jiang Chen’s dungeon progress had drawn massive attention. Many Korean players were watching closely.

By now, they had realized that this wasn’t a photoshopped image—but a real, actual event. However, they simply couldn’t accept a dungeon clear speed this outrageous. It was terrifying.

The next moment, the thread refreshed, and the entire forum exploded…

“Ah si ba!* How is this possible?!”

[*Derived from the Korean curse “아씨발 (ah shibal)”, used by Chinese netizens phonetically mimicking it to express shock or anger. Often used humorously or sarcastically in gaming/flame war contexts.]

“This is definitely fake, those filthy Chinese people are cheating!”

“Trash! All Chinese players are trash, shamelessly pulling off this kind of stunt…”

“Lone Ranger is the worst trash of all—he must’ve orchestrated this whole thing. Clown behavior! Absolutely disgusting!”

“Exactly! Lone Ranger is so shameless.”

19 minutes and 90% dungeon progress—this utterly humiliated South Korea’s proudest players. Unable to accept it, they launched another wave of foul-mouthed tirades.

In fact, not just Korea—players from other regions around the world were keeping a close eye on this too. When they saw Jiang Chen’s dungeon progress and time, they were all stunned, unable to believe a human could pull this off.

“WTF? Did China find a system exploit or something?”

“Oh my god! Who is this Lone Ranger guy? Everything recently is about him!”

“Baka yarou!* Someone tell me—why are China’s ‘cowards’ so damn strong?!”

[*Idiot in japanese]

“Sss… How did he do this?!”

“Impossible! The global average clear time is around five or six hours—how the hell did he do it in under 20 minutes?!”

…

It wasn’t just ordinary players gossiping—even the higher-ups of various national servers were tracking the situation. But without exception, no one could interfere in the matters of ‘Hope World’.

As for the man in question…

Jiang Chen, at this moment, had no idea that his name was causing a worldwide uproar. He was currently enjoying the simple joy of looting corpses.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations! You have obtained loot: 5 gold coins. Triggered [Hundredfold Reward] effect. Final reward: 500 gold coins.”

500 gold coins—equivalent to 250,000 yuan. Very satisfying.

He kept looting. The next moment, Jiang Chen pulled out a decent-looking piece of equipment.

“Ding, congratulations! You have obtained loot: Abyss Leather Boots (Silver-tier). Triggered [Hundredfold Reward] effect. Final reward: Martialist’s Boots (Gold-tier).”

[Martialist’s Boots]

Rarity: Gold-tier

Type: Footwear

Agility: +30

Movement Speed: +20%

Defense: +50

Level Requirement: Lv20

Class Restriction: None

Description: Martialist’s boots. Walk on cobblestone roads without feeling a thing.

“Pretty solid stats.”

50 defense on boots? That’s a warrior’s dream gear.

After all, even a Silver-tier BOSS’s defense was under 200.

The other attributes were a bit average for a Gold-tier item, and since it lacked additional effects, its resale value wouldn’t be very high.

He tossed it into his bag to sell later.

Next to him, Hongsha Liusu felt her throat going dry. In just a short time, they had reached 90% dungeon progress…

Everything about this felt like a dream.

“Let’s go, Hongsha. Time to meet the final BOSS.”

Jiang Chen headed straight into the last level of the dungeon—legend has it, the final 10%.